c.1900

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
4 April 2012
106

WUNDA SHIELD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
c.1900

carved and incised hardwood decorated with red and black natural earth pigments

65.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance

Collection of the Eucla Postmaster, acquired c.1900 at Balladonia telegraph station, Western Australia
Collection of Eric Thake, a gift from the above
Thence by descent
Private collection, Victoria